subs. phr. (provincial).—See quot.
1868. BREWER, Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, s.v. NARROWDALE NOON. One o’clock. The top of Narrowdale Hills, in Staffordshire, is so high that the inhabitants under it never see the sun for one quarter of the year, and when it reappears they do not see it till one o’clock, which they call NARROWDALE NOON. A thing long deferred.
